The purpose of this study was to prove that Saul Bellow‘s characters are questing heroes and to show how human quest is reflected in Bellow‘s novels „Herzog“ and „Henderson the Rain King“. Different forms of human quest in literature have been investigated referring to Ihab Hassan‘s „Selves at Risk. Patterns of Quest in Contemporary American Letters“. The method of textual analysis has been chosen for the study. The research demonstrated that both Herzog and Henderson are questing heroes searching for identity, social assertion, communication, love, understanding, self-worth and the meaning of life. The main heroes undergo a series of difficulties, loss and recovery, and finally they create identity and learn to be human��to tolerate and accept human behaviour, to live here and now.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060527_105606-67396 |
| Date | 27 May 2006 |
| Creators | Blaškevičienė, Olga |
| Contributors | Buitkienė, Janina, Petronienė, Eglė, Selmistraitis, Linas, Miniotaitė, Daina, Stasiškytė, Regina, Andziulienė, Loreta, Bersėnien��, Birutė, Valeika, Laimutis, Genienė, Izolda, Talandienė, Marija, Rudaitytė, Regina, Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Vilnius Pedagogical University |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060527_105606-67396 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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